floating vote

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those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1840–50

floating voter, noun

He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.
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Weiss is likely to get confirmed even as Warren and a handful of other progressive Democrats vote no.
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Asian-Americans may vote for Democrats now, but they are a highly persuadable—and growing—part of the electorate.
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In 1992, Republican George H.W. Bush won the Asian-American vote by 24 points.
Asian-Americans Are The New Florida|Tim Mak|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

By 2012, Democratic President Barack Obama owned the Asian-American vote, winning it by 47 percentage points.
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After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The fire crackled around the Dutch ovens, and the odor of coffee came floating by.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
It was like a dream of beauty suspended in the air before you—floating there—and you didn't want to disturb it.
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The bill to remove the civil disabilities of the Jews rejected in the British parliament by a vote of 288 to 165.
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She wore a gown of white tulle upon whose floating surface were a few dark-blue lilies.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton